Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

13 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

   A semi-predictable thriller. I had hoped to enjoy this more than the other book of hers I read, and I did but it still wasn't spectacular. I likely won't pick up a book of hers again, as I don't enjoy them that much. I found the villain to be easy to spot.
    The characters were quite unlikeable and hard to sympathize with. This made it harder to enjoy the book.
    The writing did keep me engaged and there were some twists I didn't see coming.

Narrator(s) Rating:  4.5 stars
   All the narrators did an excellent job, though the one who did Emma's voice was a bit flat. They were the only reason I bothered to finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Gun violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Deportation, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, Alcohol, Police brutality, Suicide, Drug use, and Pandemic/Epidemic

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A tale of a missing girl, corruption, and parents who love their kids. This story follows Julia, a detective investigating a a girl who vanished in a dead end alleyway, Lewis, a father who's daughter is missing, and Emma, who's son is a suspect. I have only read Wrong Place Wrong Time by this author but, like that book this is incredibly well thought out and mysterious. It is incredibly slow in the middle. The fact that the only povs are of the parents of the main characters in this mystery makes it hard to connect to the actual story. It's also a tad hard to like any of them. I think the last 25% was much more intriguing than the first 75%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

lpdx's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Gun violence, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Police brutality, and Alcohol

bookishchaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Mixed feelings about this one... Some of the twists were really good, but the overall conclusion to the story was messy. I liked it until 70%, then I was over it. When it was revealed what was going on, I was like "really? that's it?". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity

paguroidea's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It wasn’t totally predictable, and that’s a plus for me. It was hard to get into at some parts though, some of the little twists just didn’t feel believable. Still liked it, mostly. I’ll keep poking through this author’s work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity and Violence

booksandladders's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I really liked Wrong Place, Wrong Time and thought I would pick this one up as well. It was pretty good, but there were elements of it I didn't quite enjoy. I thought it was a decent follow-up to a spectacular book, but it definitely didn't have the same hold on me that Wrong Place, Wrong Time did.

I didn't see the majority of the twists coming, and that made me continue reading it, but I wasn't as interested in it and thought it would hook me more than it ended up doing. I didn't think the switch in perspective or the storytelling in those perspectives was as impactful as I would have liked. It took too long for me to get into, even as I listened to it in audiobook format.

I was hoping for more out of this but am still pleased with what I read. I will definitely still read more that Gillian McAllister puts out and think she is a strong voice in the thriller genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug use, and Police brutality

Minor: Infidelity

vj_thompson's review against another edition

The writing was hard to follow. There also topic in the book that made it hard to enjoy the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

booksbytheglass's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

after having the unpopular opinion of the decade on WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME (spoiler, I wasn’t a fan), I’m so happy that this one was a win in my book!!

the story surrounds julia, a detective in the middle of a mental breakdown, and her case to find a missing women. while the plot, unfortunately, sounds familiar, I promise you, nothing about this story is! it’s full of twists and turns, and I swear, the ending had me pumping my fist in the air!!! 

gillian’s writing is so dang clever - I would absolutely love to see her spreadsheets and post-it walls to figure out how she’s able to craft such an intrigue timeline!! 

there’s one plot twist towards the middle of the book that I did not see coming, and I’m equal parts mad and impressed that I didn’t 🤣 I actually had to put the book down, scream into the void, and then go back and tab to see what the heck I missed the first time

however, the remaining twists in the plot seemed not to pay out as I would have liked to see. there were a few unbelievable moments when it came to the publicity of missing women as well as the ability to effectively lie to the police so easily … and I definitely wanted more from the ending!! it felt super rushed 😭

overall, this was such a bingeable thriller to start off spooky season! I’m so happy I was able to snag a copy of this one through BOTM!

rating: 4 stars
wine pairing: rioja red blend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Minor: Infidelity

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity and Trafficking

3readingcircus's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Infertility, Death of parent, Cancer, and Suicide